Depression in a community-dwelling sample of older adults with late-onset or lifetime epilepsy

Epilepsy and Behavior

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 281-285

  McLaughlin, Deirdre P ^a   Pachana, Nancy A ^a   McFarland, Ken ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Aging; Depression; Dysthymic like disorder of epilepsy; Epilepsy; Late onset

Indexed keywords

ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBAMAZEPINE; CLONAZEPAM; GABAPENTIN; LAMOTRIGINE; PHENYTOIN; PRIMIDONE; TIAGABINE; TOPIRAMATE; VALPROIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; CHI SQUARE TEST; COMBINATION CHEMOTHERAPY; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DYSTHYMIA; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; GERONTOPSYCHIATRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MONOTHERAPY; ONSET AGE; PREDICTION; PREVALENCE; SELF REPORT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGING; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AUSTRALIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COMORBIDITY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DYSTHYMIC DISORDER; EPILEPSY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MATCHED-PAIR ANALYSIS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REFERENCE VALUES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 37749020662     PISSN: 15255050     EISSN: 15255069     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yebeh.2007.10.005     Document Type: Article

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